Dr. Adam Thom to speak at lawn and garden meeting, Aug. 2

The Winnebago and Worth County Women, Land and Legacy Organization will host a Lawn, Garden and Pollinator Meeting, Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Worth County Fairgrounds, Northwood. Featured speaker will be Dr. Adam Thom’s an Iowa State University Extension Turfgrass Management Specialist who will discuss how to properly maintain an attractive looking lawn. His talk will include lawn weed, insect and disease control as well as proper lawn fertilization.
Dr. Thoms will be joined on the program by Mary Walk, an Iowa State University Extension Master Gardner, who will share her wealth of information and years of experience in vegetable and perennial flower gardening.
The final presentation will be given by conservationist, Josh Divan, who will talk about pollinators.
The workshop is free and open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
Arrangements are being made to have a mobile trailer on hand for those that choose to ride around the Worth County Fairgrounds Walking Trail. The Worth County Cattlemen will be grilling a free beef barbeque meal courtesy of the Worth and Winnebago County Farm Bureau organizations.
Pre-registration is not necessary and those wanting more information may call the Worth County Extension Office at 641-324-1531; Winnebago County Extension Office at 641-584-2261; Worth County NRCS Office at 641-324-1819, Ext 3; or the Winnebago County NRCS Office at 641-584-2211, Ext 3.